Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
The computer is the ultimate polluter: its feces are indistinguish- able from the food it produces.
Alan J. Perlis
Arrogance in computer science is measured in nano-Dijkstras.
Alan Kay
A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any other invention in human history, with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila.
Mitch Ratcliffe
I’ve finally learned what ‘upward compatible’ means. It means we get to keep all our old mistakes.
Dennie van Tassel
With regard to adding more programmers to get a project done faster - Nine people can't make a baby in a month.
Fred Brooks
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient.
Larry Wall
Whenever two programmers meet to criticize their programs, both are silent.
Alan J. Perlis
A good programmer looks both ways before crossing a one-way street.
Anonymous
If our customers wanted a product that worked that way, tell them to purchase a product that works that way.
Anonymous
There is no programming language, no matter how structured, that will prevent programmers from making bad programs.
Larry Flon